Woven carrier



H. c. BROTHERS. WOVEN CARRIER. APPLICATIN FILED AUG.13. i918.

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UNITI-:D STATES PATENT orrrficzE.'`

HORACE CLIFFORD BROTHERS, or WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, AsSIGNoR, EY

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To FRANK R. BATCHELDER, oE WORCESTER, MASSA- CHUSETTS.

To all whom tmay concern: v f

Be it known that I, HORACE C. BROTHERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have yinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Woven Garriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention has relation to ypocketed carriers made of wovenmaterial, namely carriers on the order of those whichkare used for holding and Carrying cartridges, packaged first-aid supplies, etc. It consists in a woven carrier having one or more tiltable pockets and containing the novel features of construction to which reference is made hereinafter.

Figure 1 of the drawings is an isometric view of a portion, including two pockets, of a cartridge-carrier embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in section along the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a View in section along the line 3 3 in F ig. 1.

Having reference to the drawings,-

The carrier-construction shown therein comprises a body or band 1 tiltable pockets 2, 2, and covers or flaps 3, 3, for the said pockets. The hinge-connections, described hereinafter, of the pockets at their bottoms with the body or band enables the pockets to occupy either a vertical position against thev body or band, as in Fig. 3 and at the left in Fig. 1, or an outwardly-inclined position as in Fig. 2 and at the right in Fig. 1, the extent of the outward movement of the pockets being limited by means of checkbands 4, each having one end thereof attached to the body or band 1 and the other end thereof attached to the backof one of the pockets. The outwardly-inclined position of the pockets facilitates the insertion of cartridges or other'contemplated articles into the pockets, and the withdrawal of the contents of the pockets.

The cover or iap 3 for each pocket is attached by one end thereofto the body or band 1, as heretofore. AAsshown, suchend is inserted into a housing-slit l 5 ythat is formed in the upper margin of the said body or band in the process of weaving the latter, and is made fast therein by Securing the two sides of said housing-slit and the l specincafiqm of Letters Patent. I Patented June 2,2, 1920,

Application led August 13, 191,8. Serial No. 249,715.

the ypocket-front and Lthe @freey end of the cover or Hap. When the two members of the fastener are interengaged as in Fig. k3 and at the left in Fig. 1, the cover thereby is fastened down over the pocket and the pocket itself is fastened back in its normal position.y Upon disengagement of the two fastener-members, the pocket will be free to fall outward into the inclined position that is represented in Fig. 2 and at the right in Fig. k1. Other known fastener-devices may be substituted in practice.

The hinging of the pockets to the body or band 1 is provided for by weaving the pockets with a projecting fin 9, Figs. 2 and 3, along the bottom of each, and weaving the lower margin of the body or band with a housing-slit 10. The said fin is inserted into the said housing-slit, and is secured therein 'by a line 11 of fastenings, preferably stitches. f n y In making the pockets, a series of pockets is woven in the length of a continuous web. The open mouths of the pockets are located at one margin of the web, so that the returns of the successive picks of weft around the marginal warp-threads of the different plies constituting the back and body of a pocket produces finishedl selvage-edges at the mouth of the pocket. The web is woven with a continuous flange or fin along the other margin thereof, projecting beyond the pocket-bottom. When the web is cut up into pocket-units by cutting'across it between the successive pockets, the portion of this flange or fin that remains'attached to each pocket constitutes the hinging fin 9. The web also is woven with the pockets spaced at such s distances apart that when the portions of lweb connecting they pockets together are cut are then turned in against the pocket-backs, as shown, and secured in place by `stitches 13, Fig. l, thereby completing the pockets in readiness for attachment to the `body or band l.

What is claimed asthe invention is,-

l. A carrier formed of woven material, comprising a back formed withra housingslit in its lower portion, a woven pocket having at its bottom a projecting n that is entered into said housing-slit and lsecured therein, forming a hinge-connection, and means for limiting the forward swing of the pocket away from the back.

2. A carrier formed of woven material, comprising a back Jformed with a housingslit in its lower portion, a woven pocket having` at its bottom `a projecting n that is entered into said housing-slit and secured therein, forming a hinge-connection, means for limiting the forward swing of the pocket away from the back, and a .pocketcover or flap that is attached to the back and Vadapted to fasten the 'to the back.

3. A carrier formed of woven material, comprising a back formed with ahousingslit in its lower portion, va woven pocket pocket in normal positionclose VIn testimony whereof I affix `my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HORACE CLIFFORD BROTHERS.

WVitnesses: Y

MARION M. SCULLY,

EMMA. M. BAILEY. 

